Readings: Amos 8:4-7; 1 Timothy 2:1-8; Luke 16:1-13 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. James presiding and preaching. This Sunday participants in the Monastic Immersion Weekend will be with the monks in choir.

Readings: Numbers 21:4-9; Philippians 2:6-11; John 3:13-17 The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is a good intention offered us by the Church. It honors the wisdom of God for manifesting the extent of his love and compassion for us, his fallen creatures, beginning from our first parents, Adam and Eve, up to […]

As the temperatures drop from tropical to pleasant, as the first glimmer of autumn color begins to highlight the foliage, and as the wispy Sirius clouds of September wreath the intensely blue sky, you may want to think about spending some reflective time on retreat in the Shenandoah Valley. Our Retreat House still has openings this week, […]

Readings: Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14; 1 Timothy1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32 There are any number of famous passages in the four Gospels. One of the most famous is today’s Gospel reading from Saint Luke’s Gospel, Chapter 15:  a lost sheep, a lost coin; the prodigal son. The most famous and, perhaps, most controversial of these is the third, […]

Readings: Numbers 21:4-9; Philippians 2:6-11; John 3:13-17 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Robert Barnes presiding and preaching. It is the patronal feast of our community and a non-work day so we will follow the Sunday schedule. There will be no Mass at 7:00 AM that morning, but only the community […]

When this website went up in 2011, we were just on the verge of the mobile device revolution. This website has served us at Holy Cross Abbey well to raise our profile and extend our monastic hospitality; but it is time for a few changes to catch up with how you now communicate and stay in […]

Readings: Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Robert Barnes presiding and preaching.

We’ve enjoyed a busy summer of guests at the Retreat House and it’s been great to share the monastic tranquility with both old friends and people coming here for the first time. If you weren’t able to get a vacancy during the summer, there are some fine opportunities for you during the weekdays of September. […]

Sixteen men and women are slated to spend 48 hours with the monks at HCA soon.  This year’s ‘class’ is comprised of 5 women and 11 men from very varied backgrounds.  During their weekend they will sit in choir with the monks, wearing special choir shirts, and will have several conferences with them including one […]

Readings: Sirach 3:17-20, 28-29; Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24; Luke 14:1, 7-14 Initially, brain science and the so-called “mind-body” problem seem far removed from humility and taking the last place at table. However, much of our struggle with humility is unconsciously associated with this mind-body problem. As you may know, the mind-body problem concerns the difficulty in […]